Missions in the game take place between Episode IV and V.
Often in the game a character will say either "enemies incoming" or "change heading" and it is always "at/to three-seven decimal two-eight." This is the same number said in "The Empire Strikes Back" during the Battle of Hoth when General Veers requested the distance to the power generator.
Released exclusively on the Nintendo 64 console, and is the only chapter of the Rogue Squadron games released on the final cartridge-based console from Nintendo. The following sequels: "Rogue Leader" and "Rebel Strike" were released on Nintendo's first disc based console, the Nintendo Gamecube. Was also released on the PC-CDROM.
There is a secret cheat code to turn your V-Wing into a flying car.